I knew what storm was running inside him. But for my sake, he stayed calm. But I knew he wouldn’t for long. I saw what he did to Antonio. I just hoped he would at least leave Arthur’s life. No matter how much I hated that man, I didn’t want his hands to be tainted with Arthur’s blood.

He just nodded.

I sighed. “Just don’t kill him, all right?”

His dark orbs just stared at me silently, without saying anything.

As I opened my mouth, Mom’s voice cut in.

“Let’s go have dinner. It’s late. Then we’ll leave. My baby needs more rest.”

Taking my hand in hers, she dragged me behind her to feed me the food she made for everyone while I was sleeping.

As much as he didn’t like so many people in his home, he didn’t seem to complain. All he did was just keep me within his touch and stare at me. Or grunt if one of our family members took me away from him for a moment.

After the dinner once everyone left, promising to visit tomorrow morning, we were left alone again.

“You want to go to the gym?” I asked as we sat on the balcony, watching the starlit night. He told me to go to bed, but I insisted on getting some fresh air. Curling on his lap, I snuggled against his chest.

He looked at me in surprise. A perfectly arched brow of his raised. “I thought you hated the idea of me going to the gym?”

I shrugged. “I don’t hate it unless you bruise your knuckles. A little bit of blowing off steam on the punching bag isn’t bad.”

He needed to get his frustration out, and he always used the punching bag for that. But since knowing how much I disliked it, he wasn’t going for it tonight.

I liked that he wasn’t practicing his unhealthy exercise anymore, but if a bit of that could reduce his anger, then I was okay with it.

He shook his head. Hugging me closer, he kissed my forehead. “I’m fine, Rosebud. I’m saving it for someone else. So don’t worry, the storm inside me will get unleashed, but at the right time.”

The coldness of his voice sent a shiver down my spine.

I didn’t want him to take any wrong steps out of rage. But I’d talk to him about it later. I had my Ace finally in my arms now. I didn’t want to ruin this moment.

“I want to go to Greece. Where Tess and Caleb went for their honeymoon. I loved the pictures they sent me. It has such amazing places!”

His lips curled into a smile. “When do you want to go?”

My eyes went big. “You’ll take me there?”